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Luckily we had an appointment with our pediatrician a few days after I started trying and I asked her for advice in the presence of my husband. He took my daughter out of my hands, had her give me a kiss and off they went into her bedroom. I do miss nursing, but I plan to have more children and know that wonderful bond with my baby will happen again! Por que se complican lo verdaderamente importante es la calidad de tiempo que dediques a tus hijos. I would nurse her 4 times a day: When she was 10 months, my husband would give her a bottle after bathing her and she would fall asleep right away so I stopped breastfeeding her.
I guess it depends on the child, my daughter seems quite independent and she was ready for the weaning since she is ok with the bottle. I do spend the time feeding her dinner and cuddling in the evenings, I think that the quality time is more important than breastfeeding or bottle feeding. Good luck to you all! Thank you so much for appreciating the work we do.
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I am a proud Infant Teacher and parent. Thank you a thousand times over. Sorry if that is way too forward but it is my philosophy on the matter. Babies start understanding early how much rope they have to pull on with their moms! So, I would consider her discomfort when making decisions about things like what food to feed her and whether or not to give her some tylenol to help her sleep but generally, I would try to go about the day as normal.
I second that statement. I am also an infant teacher and feel that the work i do is very important. Also, Whole Foods sells fried veggies that are just veggies fried in oil. The green beans are amazing, but again, if your looking for variety, they have a mixed kind that has green beans, carrots, plaintains and a few other things. And they look cool so that might win some favor from veggie resistent kids. I am an infant teacher as well and reading your blog just made my day. Thank you for recognizing our hard work. We love what we do but it is nice to see that others appreciate it as well.
The best part of putting the baby to sleep is hugging her and rocking her and the bed time story. Trust me, your ability to sleep peacefully through the night will be well worth a few sleepless nights to help your daughter learn to sleep on her own. Be strong and keep your eye on the prize! I would have done the same thing. Bravo for not calling in the so called authorities. Parenting is not a one size fits all kind of thing. We need to take responsibility for our lives and quit relying on the government authorities to decide what is right or wrong.
Part of me says I would have gone into the store and had customer service page the owner of the [color] Subaru in the store parking lot. Part of me says I would have stayed until the owner returned just in case the boy woke up alone and crying. I could not have left him there. My hope is that you were right, that Subaru Mom dashed inside and was out again before you even got out of the parking lot. Easier said than done! I have been through this exact scenario! We have been on an every other year pattern so far my oldest is only 4. I would enjoy the time that you and your extended family can spend together—and maybe choose another Sunday to have a stay-at-home-and-eat-pizza-for-dinner day.
What a great idea — using http: I just looked it up in my area and over 2, people are subscribed in just my town. This will be my second year as a new mom. My baby was only 4 months old and I had to take her without my husband to a loud restaurant, try to hold her, feed her, keep her calm with all the noise around and have dinner with my family. So this year, I am doing what I want.
I am going to church with my mom in the morning because it is still her day too but I am skipping the dinner with family to go to the zoo with my little girl and husband. When I was standing in line at a bank a few years ago there was a mom so embarrassed by leaving her sleeping toddler in the car she kept telling everyone about it and peeking out the window to check on him. She was frantic, every time another person walked through the door she reiterated her apology.
It was a long line too. However she finally choose to let it be and let him wear different color shoes. He was just expressing his creative side and his individuality. I also went to a seminar a few years ago and the keynote was a painter. He allowed them to cover themselves with shaving cream, roll in the mud and do other crazy things. Your post is true and funny. I too am like your daughter, aftraid of bugs. The smallest spider can send me screaming. Last year my son got the best gift, a bug vacuum. Now when we find a bug in the house he get his vacuum, sucks up the bug and it encapsulates it in a magnifying tube.
He can look at it and study it and then we release it outside unharmed. Before the vacuum all the bugs in our house met an untimely death. This just might make the bugs more fun than scary to your daughter. I am hosting a baby shower for a good friend of mine this Saturday and I have 6 out of 18 invited guests who have not responded. I would think that people would realize the importance of RSVPs and have the common courtesy to the hostess to actually respond.
Showers, birthday parties, whatever they may be, are expensive and time consuming to host. As a guest, is it unreasonable to expect a timely response of a simple Yes or No? This seems like the wrong time for the mom on the receiving end but the time I remember to do so. I was recently invited to a shower that had an email for the RSVP and I thought that was a wonderful idea! Maybe that is not proper etiquette but for a full-time working mom, responding via email was a no brainer! I know how hard it is to figure out how sick your kid really is.
My daughter acts like she is fine even when by all medical considerations is quite sick. It is so hard to tell, but it sounds like you did the best you could. My mother-in-law, on the other hand, is in a relatively nearby nursing home. Some weeks are probably heavier on me and others on him…. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing — a fun and creative way to spend some time with the kids when the weather is uncooperative. Hello Guest Mom, I have heard your story dozens if not hundreds a hundred times. We want our children to ride, feel the freedom and confidence it all brings only to have them frustrated and then scared to try any more.
I am very proud for your daughter that she had the persistence to keep trying. This mom started off right, taking the training wheels off. Only, you needed to add one more step, take the pedals off also. Balance is the key to riding, not pedaling. With the pedals off make sure they can be on the seat with their feet flat on the ground and a slight bend in their legs. They must be completely comfortable that they can put their feet on the ground easily to keep themselves up right. Too small is much better than too large. Now they can push the bike like a scooter or I call it a pushbike.
The progression is a simple as walk, run, coast, coast and turn s turns. No need to push they will get it very quickly. A big open parking lot with a slight slope is very helpful. Once you see they can balance and control their bike put the pedals back on. I have more helpful hints if anyone is interested. I started telling my friends and neighbors about this more than 10 years ago. Some would do it with great success while other went another direction, so I decided to prove it works and make it easier for parents to engage their children.
The book allows children to see themselves in the process. It is also great parent time reading together. I say I wrote it to help teach children and their parents an effective way to learn to ride, fun for kids and easy for parents. My family and I started teaching classes mostly to show that it really works and found there is a big need and we loved it.
Now I cannot seem to keep up with training request now and my regular job as the word has gotten out. I never dreamed I could touch the lives of so many children and their parents. The testimonials have been great. If anyone out there is interested in starting training programs in their community I would be happy to discuss further. The fact that your lives are different, for now anyway, might contribute to a different set of priorities. Then you might be on the same page! And even then, things may not be exactly at par because your SAHM friend may not be working full time if at all , therefore, your lives will be ruled by different forces.
If we need to leave, we usually ask one of 2 grannies to stay with the daughter: I like the fact that you backed up what you said. However, the fact that you let her cry about it all the way home disturbs me. The point of setting guidelines is to direct the child. You made a stand when it came to running around the store, however, the child knows it is OK to throw fits about not being able to do something. Your kids are experiencing what all kids should experience: I wish I was in there playing with them.
My best memories of things learned was when I would be doing stuff like this. Kids understand everything and remember nothing. Parents are always second guessing themselves: It all comes out in the wash and in the end, most children grow into responsible well-adjusted adults despite their parents. You definitely did the right thing. When a child gets to that age where they truly understand yes and no, commands etc it is definitely ok. You gave her chances and she continued to misbehave so you taught her that there are consequences when she misbehaves. Kids go through this. My baby is almost 5 and we have not left him with baby care either.
My husband and I think we have only few more years when he needs us….. Children just have strong attractions to certain things or characters. As a mom of 4 grown children and a former Parent Educator, I would not make an issue of the Elmo attraction. Have fun with as much of it as you can tolerate and appreciate her interest and use it for her benefit. There will be many things bigger than this to worry about so in general I would try to take a more laid back approach to this kind of thing.
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There will be wonderful things to share with your child and you will have more fun and feel much less stress if you set this kind of thing aside. Have you ever watched Elmo? Have you ever watched Sesame Street? As a matter of fact Elmo does talk to the kids. He has an upbeat voice and is very warm and fuzzy. You must remember that these are children. These programs teach letters and numbers and in many languages.
I would reccomend checking out your sources. As any pediatrician and they will back up Educational Programs, just like Sesame Street. I grew up on it, my spouse grew up on it, our siblings grew up on it, so our will our children. If a program is so BAD for kids and their development, then why would the FCC allow them to be on for almost 5 decades????
Maybe your resolve would be to shut the TV off and spend time doing other activities such as nature walks, or a day at the park, or beach. Today, its an ELMO phase…tomorrow, it will be something else. One was 13 hours and the other was 12 hours one way and we stopped overnight with both. There are two things that I would highly recommend — 1. The real cincher is having a great snack for when quiet time is over. Beyond those two things, lots of car-friendly snacks and toys and stopping every 3 or so hours for potty and stretch breaks should do the trick.
I had a biter when my little guy was about the same age your little one. I asked repeatedly what could I do, and really there was nothing. Just reinforce that biting is bad. Well it did gradually get less and less and then one time I got another one of those dreaded sheets and I was thrilled that my child was the one bitten rather than the one that bit. Probably not the best reaction that I was thrilled, but I felt like we had started to turn the corner. Your child will grow out of it — as long as your center and teachers are patient, it will get better.
GreenBaby and I struggle with this same problem. I usually choose to turn the car off and hope for the best…which usually means a cranky baby and early bed time. My daughter is now almost 4, but I remember long drives to get her to nap as well!! I never even thought about the cost of gas which has probably doubled since then. I feel your pain…. Thunder can definitely create havoc in the bedtime routine! Unfortunately with so many nights in a row, you may be forming a habit! I had the same problem with my son when he was 2 years old — and now at 4 — he sleeps right through those storms!
As for your traveling woes — a neat little trick my sister taught me was to put the extra pillows under the edges of the fitted sheet. It helps hold them in place and creates a small barrier on the edge of the bed. Hey New Mom, Potty training is a very hard process for mom and the child. A potty chair is good if the child is ready. And only the child. Most Doctors say to start around 2 years of age but in all actuality 3 is a better age. Mentally at 3 a child has a better understanding of comprehending the process of going potty.
As well as their muscles in their body are a bit more dseveloped so dont stress until your child is closer to three. My story is sad. I have two so far coming so at least for this party there will be a kid there. During the school year I brought my daughter to every party she was invited to. I also was Room Mother and busted my butt all school year with classroom parties and donating goods and at the end of the school year I even made each child a slideshow DVD of the school year for memory keepsake.
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Wawa means little kid in arabic…there is a song called Wawa its very good its sung by Haifa Wehbe. The office of VP is a little more than just a simple job on the resume. How can anyone govern for the next generations if you think the world stops with yours? However, on the flip side if you begin introducing "real" tasting food at a young age your child will be better equipped to manage the transition to a regular diet.
I have to disagree a bit with foggyr on one point. There is not necessarily a lot of added sugar in jar foods. We used Beech Nut jarred foods, and their peas contain nothing but peas. Their carrots are just carrots, and so on. The fact is, that in order to make great homemade mashed carrots, you have to have the ripest carrots, use just the right amount of water, cook it just the right amount of time, etc. Some jar foods may be a less nutritious choice than homemade, but others may be equally and sometimes even more healthful.
Good for the other side that their questionable religious connections came early enough to have been forgotten by now. Palin is just as qualified as any candidate running, maybe more so. She is an incredible, well spoken, poised woman. I appreciate her for being candid. How many other candidates are comfortable enough with themselves to be just that, themselves. It is time that working women get some level headed representation in Washington. Try reading some books about going to the hospital. There is a great Curious George one and a search on Amazon.
I too am a Infant Teacher.. I have 3 students in my classroom…Ages 8wks, 7months and 8months all boys…. It is wonderful as they are learning something new everyday.. It begins with us Infant Teachers!! Proud Of What I Teach!! I received the e-mail that is going around the internet this week about baby carrots. It talks about a lot of the information and misinformation and gives you steps to avoid carrots with chlorine and still eat baby carrots.
Unfortunately, I have had similar issues — I have been trying to get through a bottle of Global Balance bathroom cleaner for more than a year because I feel like I should use it since I bought it! I hate it though and I should just get over it and pour it down the drain.
Just recycle the bottles. I have never seen trial sizes in all natural stuff so good luck! I also really like the Greening the Cleaning products. But I struggle big-time with the dishwasher stuff and laundry det. In Cookie Magazine this month they did a little test of all-natural cleaning products that really work. You should check it out. Back up of BlackBerry Devices batteries are a much needed necessity and you do not want to be without power for your BlackBerry Devices.
A spare battery will ensure that you are always prepared. It can extend your talk time and reduce worry about dying battery life if you are on a long call or listening to music. A spare battery that is charged and ready to go will do the trick. Especially now, when everyone is feeling pinched financially, can we just stop buying stuff?! I think you are unfortunately going to have to make specific lists. They will be much happier to at least have something they can pick out for your child. Your family must know you are a green mom and hopefully will understand.
I wish I could have had some foundation to my beliefs, even if it was contrary to where I am now. So with my kids, I have no shame in encouraging them to share my ideologies. At the same time, I teach them to ask questions and form their own opinions. Most craft stores sell packs of blank cards with envelopes in assorted colors. You can also find them in dollar stores or the dollar section at Target my favorite. These are just solid color cards with nothing on them. When an occasion comes up, I give my 2 yr old daughter a few crayons and stickers and let her get creative.
That would make the wrapping paper art to keep if they choose. Is it recyclable after that though? I am not so much of a new mother any more in that my kids are 5 and 3 and a half years old. But I somehow still feel new. And even with 2 kids who are both out of diapers, everything on your list is totally valid! Our dog tore her ACL in both her back legs at the same time and required surgery for both! I recently came across your blog and have been reading along.
I thought I would leave my first comment. I will keep visiting this blog very often. They have really cute invitations announcements cards for the holidays, but I found four websites that have lots of unique holiday invitations cards and custom party holiday invitations at:. I have ordered from all four for different holiday occasions and been very pleased. Take and look and see what you think. I have an account on ShutterFly and love to upload photos on this…. Because Xmas trees are farmed, new ones are planted where one is cut down.
Plus, tree farms are a private enterprise that ensure open space, just like pick-your-own orchards. If no one bought the farmed xmas tree, the tree farmers would be motivated to sell the land for development. We buy a tree every year from the local boys and girls club and I feel good both about supporting the tree farmers and the organization selling them. Thanks for including Ringo Baby in your write up, New Mom!
Have a wonderful holiday season! Kristen Ringo Owner http: I know exactly how you feel. I am a WAHM www. She has been in daycare, since she was one, but the director lets me do part time, or every other month. I feel so guilty when I leave her. Then when I have her home she drives me crazy!! My little ladybug, who knew something so beautiful could be so complicated.
I agree with you! Some people are just way too uptight! It was an amazing interview about how a complete stranger help the mom and her son, both during the impact and after the crash. The mom and her two children were immediately put in the raft while the dad waited on the wing for rescue. You might be able to see the interview if you go to the Today show website and search for it. Unfortunately, the only place my son gets high fructose corn syrup is at his Bright Horizons center.
I am a Bright Horizons employee and a Bright Horizons parent. Our center used to have snacks similar to what you describe, and when a new director came in, she made it part of her mission to change things. They may not be able to serve exactly what each parents wants, but they can offer better options. Just let her know her feelings and the feelings of others.
The idea for this one at our center came out of discussions at our monthly Parent Meeting. I know there are centers that have done similar things around the holidays to give parents some time do their shopping. There is a charge for it at our center, and I imagine there would be at any center offering this sort of program. My kids love getting an award they pin to their shirt and I feel a little less guilty about letting them go out in public looking like clowns.
Now if I could just keep their faces clean for more than 5 minutes…. Our center offers a nights out and Saturday out 2 times a year spring cleaning or Christmas shopping. The parents association organizes it and makes a little profit that goes toward teacher appreciation week. The kids LOVE it!
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Thanks for sharing these links. I like the way you did not make Valentines Day the center of what they are learning. Most teachers would use this technique but to me it is the easy way out. Meaningful learning is the most important thing. All the children are not going to be into Valentines Day and it is not for everyone. Presidents Day sure is a holiday to celebrate! I am in college and studying Early Childhood Education. Thank you for your meaningful efforts for our children!
I also did not make Valentines Day a big deal in our household and I completely know what you mean about the schools assumptions that every kid would want to participate. As a mom of three small boys, only two of which old enough to participate in school activities, I was the one who ended up making up these traditional cards as my boys were completely uninterested in doing any of the prep work themselves.
As above i am also a nursery assistant who knows how hard it is for parents to keep their children at home when their sick because of work. I am now at home with this bug and am using a sick day for an illness that i would not have got if the parents were honest and kept their children home until their symptoms were gone. Please think of others when your c hildren are sick. And just a little note: Would you like it if a child in the same centre as you child was sent in when they were putting your child at risk of infection? Giada for Dad and Ray for your little girl, is your family ready for the showdown!?!
I think it is good that someone one so young will have an interest in cooking. Here are a few other great goodie bag ideas: Thanks for the article link — it was incredibly moving. I have seen other articles on this subject that referenced good suggestions on prevention of this exact scenario that I really took to heart: This will hopefully force you to look in that backseat before walking away from your car! Thanks for your thoughts on this. I was in the same boat — initially scared by BPA. How do we even know that the current BPA-free plastics are any safer? I totally agree about not knowing what is in these other plastics.
Yet, when she did go, she was praised for paying attention to her body with a reward. Is your daughter wearing underwear everyday? We eat out with our toddler almost once a week. Besides keeping a stash of Wikki Stix in the diaper bag, http: You might want to check out LunchBots.
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I just ordered some myself off http: I recognize myself in a lot what you are saying. What I do is to just keep reminding myself to remember the small things, and at the same time still remembering that even I need some attention sometime thinking of eg. I like to wrap things in tissue paper so that its a present.
And, it buys you a little time while they try to get it open! I wish all airlines had sky nannies: I think it is a great idea to start telling your daughter your funny or poignant or otherwise special stories about her grandparents. Also, gather up pictures of them and put together a picture book. I have many family stories that I grew up with that I feel like I was a part of because I heard them so much!! Good luck on your quest! People with very young children should be careful though because freezing those yogurts can be a choking hazard. They break off in big chunks if the kids are not careful.
Intersting that you pediatrician would prescribe that, especially knowing your preferences. Do you feel more comfortable using aquaphor or petroleum jelly as a substitute for eucerin and cortaid? For our daughters eczema our pediatrician rcommended aquaphor and perscribed a stronger version of the over the counter cortaid which keeps the itching at bay.
I'd suggest a look at his diet too — I know several children whose eczema was a result of a food allergy including my son. Within day so of eliminating milk from his diet, he cleared up. I love the wetness indicator too! I work for Pampers and have 2 LO and Pampers Swaddlers with the wetness indicator were always a must. Thanks for the great comments! My daughter loves squeeze yogurt out of the freezer. Smooze fruit ice http: Wheat can be a big contributor to eczema, so you could try limiting that in his diet or yours if you are breastfeeding.
Eczema runs in my family, and the only thing that has helped my sister who has it worst of all of us was finding an Ayurvedic doctor. When it was clear my son had eczema at about 2 months , we got some Neem oil and Avocado oils to use as moisturizer, and a lotion from the Ayurvedic doc for the real "trouble spots. The downside is, it's pretty pricey! Wow, I will be praying for the results. A mother's intuition is not to be trifled with. I hope you get results back from the doctor that give you clear direction to your next steps.
Hang in there and keep advocating for your child! I've never seen it done. Great way to keep the kids involved with an exciting craft. What a creative way to use up useless, broken crayons. They usually just get pitched. Thanks for the tip on gloves with your kids. I was wondering how involved they could get once the rocks came out of the oven. Every couple of months I try to stock up our freezer — even if it is just chicken breasts in some bottled marinade. My biggest challenge is remebering to take something out to defrost more than 30 min before dinner!
I love that it is huge it has a fun deck on it and has a large sandbox underneath. A NEW Cedarworks set is, in my opinion, the ideal choice if money is not a problem, because you can make it exactly as you like. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy my daughter's first appointment was! She actually enjoyed it and as long as you chose a pediatric dentist or one that specializes in family dentistry, it will be a breeze.
Our dentist even has a movie screen on the ceiling and she got to watch Nemo. Now, she's so comfortable — just 3 appts. One thing that works well for us it to roast a big chicken on Sunday. And I mean bigger than 5 lbs. It's the only way to make it worth it. We eat it for dinner Sunday night as a family.
And it gets us chicken salad for a few days after — either for lunch or dinner — or chicken quesadillas. When you add apples and nuts to the salad or all the other stuff to the quesadilla, it makes it go further. But the kids are happy to eat it plain, too. I find it gets us through Tuesday, with at least three dinners Sunday included and a couple of lunches. I also highly recommend using a crock pot to make a big roast of some kind one day and for dinner the next night make a ragu with the leftovers and serve it with pasta.
Two super easy dinners. I am amazed at how much my kids like this meal, especially since they are typically chicken fingers and mac and cheese kids. We love CA Baby products, too. Their sunscreen is fantastic, and all their bath products are great. We also have had great luck with the diaper creme, too! I was so glad to see a woman in the public eye think about setting an example for her children based on self-respect rather than compromising their self-respect to hold together a marraige.
It IS a nasty bug!! I'm ready to pull my hair out. Thank you to the children at the child care center — I guess the fever virus is going around and lasting days. My best friends daughter, at another child care center, also battled the bug for 8 days. I totally feel for you. I enjoyed your comments and I appreciate your words of encouragement. I have been an infant teacher for 7 years. I am proud to say that I do make a difference in each babie's life. The first years of a child are the most critical days of their learning experiences. We love the Flip too! Our school-age daughter loves making videos of our family—including some hilarious bloopers—and it's a great activity for her and her little sister to enjoy doing together.
Using Grab Green detergent has been a time saver for me…it combines detergent, fabric softener, and stain remover in one dissolvable pack, so there's no need to add anything else in. It's been really convenient. Does your all natural laundry detergent have any fragrances or dyes? I use Grab Green and it's been gentle on my daughter's sensitive skin. The package says all natural and also fragrance and dye free. It seems to do the trick! You can get it at http: I got my husband a Flip for Father's Day and this weekend we used it for the first time.
We used it to film at the beach and a 4th of July parade. I got the HD version and was amazed at the picture quality. We won't get rid of our old camcorder, but the Flip was easy to throw in a zippered section of the beach bag without weighing us down. Thirsty, now that is something new for a nickname. Great thing that you teach your kids when they are still small everything about the importance of going to the dentist. I can't wait to see what others have to say on this topic. My husband and I have been pondering the same thing! I personally believe it should be Ms or Mrs until the person being addressed says otherwise.
I could not imagine my child calling a teacher "Sara" or "tim" it should be Ms. Smith unless they say different. I have also seen it when the last name is hard it could be Ms. Sara or Ms Dawn but never just the first. Works as a quick clean-up on non-bath nights too. My daughter's feet are always filthy from the sand box even if she otherwise doesn't need a bath. But if I powder her feet before bed, I feel much better about skipping the tub and it keeps the sheets cleaner. We use the MS or MR in front of the first names.
My mom told me it was "the southern way". They can practice opening and closing the lid, and putting the caps in the slot. Best idea I'll actually use that I've heard in a long time. I bet it makes the store bough frosting taste better to. We had to go the "cry it out" route with my daughter when she was 7 months and then again when she was 2 and bedtime routine had gotten out of control.
It was MUCH harder on me emotionally when she was 2 than when she was an infant. But I have to say, neither time took more than 3 or 4 nights and for us I cannot argue with the results. Bedtime struggles are so incredibly stressful for me and her, so my husband and I vow to each other to enforce the current routine and not succumb to the slow creep of "one more song, one more book, etc. To keep hands clean, cut a slit in the top of a plastic lid from a butter container etc… place the popsicle stick through the slit and further eliminate the yummy mess! I noticed that you mentioned you have a newborn, and was wondering if maybe this is the cause of your son's sleeping changes?
I found "Who's Shoes ID" and we just took them on our vacation. Thankfully no one had to look at them, but I didn't think my son would ever keep a bracelet on. Thanks for the comments. I do have a newborn, but this sleep strike started before he was born. We suspect his chronic ear infections have something to do with it and are considering having tubes put in. I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading.
I made these last weekend with my daughter. We had a great time…and she loved the biscuits! You bet it was! I am happy to report that Curious George survived and I have three clones I rotate in circulation in the event he didn't. A fun and inexpensive gift idea for toddlers and preschoolers: Wrap up an assortment of band-aids, some kids just can't get enough of them! They also gain fine motor skills trying to open them with their little fingers.
While you're at it, remember to buy some plain band-aids as a gift to yourself. I find it slightly more professional than sporting an Elmo bandage at work, which seems to be all we have around when I need a little first aid. Reusing the containers for arts and crafts is a great idea, but considering the research on reusing 1 plastics, you may want to consider not reusing the containers for food.
Although I haven't tried it myself. I have heard some great things about the Klean Kanteen bottles. Some quick research tells me they are made of high-quality stainless steel as opposed to the coated aluminum. Worth a shot if you are concerned about Sigg! I can only image how useful something like this would have been back when my kids were that young… say goodbye to the notebooks and post it notes! I'm no expert, but I think you feel guilty because something happens when we give birth and in place of what was once a big baby in our bellies, we now carry around these giant guilt tumors.
If you tell me how to get rid of yours, please write a post on that! It sounds to me like you're doing a beautiful balancing act! As for the guilt, we have to just work on letting it go…. He has been at a Bright Horizons center in Mass since he was 3 months. We have to provide 2 wet bags every day for the soiled diapers. Another family in my son's classroom uses them also. I wonder if Bright Horizons has a policy that is cloth-friendly. It would be nice if there were a little training for teachers too. If four kids from my class left without understanding the concept I was trying to teach, I'd want to get the homework back blank.
That's the only feedback I get that my lesson has failed and I need to try to teach it a different way. Sometimes being too involved in your child's homework can backfire. I work with toddler Bright Horizons in Pa. We have two children in the center that use cloth diapers. We bag the diapers in plastic bags and place them in individual containers.
These containers are really just trash cans with lids. They are labeled with the childs' name etc.
The parents collect the used diapers each night and bring more the next day. There is no policy against cloth diapers that I know of. If there was we would not be doing it. I myself was a bit hesitant about cloth diapers at first, but am a big fan of them now. Your Director should be open to this request, just be prepared that you may loose one or two diapers in the begining. When you have been changing diapers for as many years as I have it is odd to not throw them away. Good luck with everything! My friends whose kids have gotten tubes have only had positive things to say about their child's improved general health, speech, and hearing after the tubes were put in.
Incidentally, I also had them when I was a tot. And, if you ask me, I'm no worse for the wear either. My oldest child had 3 sets of tubes. That was after 15 ear infections in one year. I am happy we finally made the decision to have them put in. She eventually grew out of them and didn't need them anymore around 5. Her eustation tube just needed to grow some more so that the fluid could drain on its own. It is hard to see them go into surgery but it is really not a big one and is really quite quick and painless for them. No wonder she doesn't eat…. What 2 3 year ond eats lentils… hummus?
I'm glad to read that it's a common thing because my daughter who is one just got her first set of tubes. She had 3 ear infections in less than 2 months so hopefully this will help. I had them when I was younger too and can voucher it worked for me. I love this blog especially the designs, very informative blog.
I'm glad to hear that the surgery went well! I'm also hopeful for ear infection-free winter for you. I have found that making friendship bracelets with my girls is such great quality time! We wear the bracelets that we make for each other to keep us close while we are apart. There is a great new product, The Friendship Bracelet Maker that revolutionizes the old way of making them…no more pinning or taping. The storage case comes with 56 threads. A great value for your money. The website also has great video instructions on how to make different patterns.
Check it out… http: Thanks for this hysterical post. And I'm embarassed to say that I had to use Wikipedia to find out the answer to 2. FYI, it's the Pilgrims. What do you do with all the crafts projects your family creates? I have no room in the house for these treasures. I know, you can end up with TONS of stuff. I keep "scrapbooks" that are basically filled with just clear sleeves and I put all the 2D work I want to keep in those.
I don't mount them or anything — I'm not a true scrapbooker. The stuff goes straight into the sheet protectors.
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But over time I have really started to minimize what I keep because it gets out of control. So I recycle a ton if it's not something new skillwise or different or — eek — not that impressive. Particularly with drawings and paintings. I mean seriously, how many pictures of rainbows can one house have? If it's seasonal and fun, I put it away with the holiday decorations and bring it out each year. That saves me from having to throw things away but also lets me store it. I do give some stuff to relatives and I try to bring some things into my office because I'm not as picky about my decorating scheme there.
But I also frame things in cheapo frames from Target, Goodwill or Ikea or display things in random rooms in our house like the bathrooms, the playroom or up the stairs to the attic. My decorating budget is pretty minimal and spaces like that tend to get ignored and could use a little help! When my older daughter was younger and she would paint, she would tell me what the picture was and it would either look nothing like what she said or there would be the faintest resemblance.
So I would "title" them and date them and many of them are framed in her room. I love looking at them now that she has grown. I have started to do a similar thing with my youngest. We also do a lot of craft stuff intenionally for a gift we are giving or we make things we will use so it's not just stuff that collects — like these crayons, they are in with the crayons now. Friendship bracelets and tie dyes actually get worn, etc. But like I said, I do get rid of stuff. I just try to recycle it or reuse it whenever possible.
And just like school work, everything always gets a little time on display either on the fridge or on a magnetic blackboard I have in the kitchen. And then one day, it's just gone and no one knows where it went. I take digital pictures of some of the projects my daughter brings home that are harder to display…at some point, I plan to make an art book on one of the photo sites of her masterpieces.
Anonymous — That is a great idea! I have seen people scan in drawings, etc. They look really terrific.